Most guesses are upwards of $2,500 to manufacturer. Phased array antennas are very expensive and before they put a lot of effort into reducing cost, most said minimum $10k for this type of antenna.
On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 12:36 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > That antenna array alone is probably costing them $20 and another $20 of > chips on it. I am guessing it is north of $100 to make. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Sunday, November 29, 2020 11:28 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy > McFlatface' Antenna! [V > > > What do you estimate it would cost them to manufacture in large > quantities? People are probably assuming it’s a $10 item at some point, > but it looks expensive to me, even at scale. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF > *Sent:* Sunday, November 29, 2020 11:49 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Cc:* ch...@go-mtc.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy > McFlatface' Antenna! [V > > > > Clever motor assembly. Be fun to use that same mechanism for a solar > panel. I may have to give that a try. > > So, it does steer mechanically. Almost has to to maximize the gain. > > > > Looks like roughly 2000 patches. > > Looks like roughly 500 chips feeding them. So a 4 patch array fed by a > T/R-LNA - power amp. 4-6 of those clusters fed into a larger chip that > probably does the phasing for steering. > > > > So the antenna is just a whole lot of simple in a very massive scale. > > > > > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > > *Sent:* Sunday, November 29, 2020 8:24 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy > McFlatface' Antenna! [V > > > > https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starlink-teardown > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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